Introducing Blockstack and Serverless Applications

Speaker Bio:
Hank Stoever is an engineer at Blockstack, working on developer tools and consumer-facing products. He previously worked as an engineer for a variety of startups, including as lead developer for Startup Digest.

Hank will introduce Blockstack - a full-stack decentralized computing protocol that enables a new generation of applications where developers and users can interact fairly and securely, while curing the ills of centralized Internet design. Blockstack builds protocols and developer tools designed to enable a fair and open Internet that returns digital rights to developers and consumers.

Hank will also introduce Blockstack’s App Mining Program - an incentive mechanism that allows small teams to bootstrap without advertising or venture capital. Each month, qualifying apps compete to be ranked by expert App Reviewers—the better their app is, the higher the payout they earn. A total of $100k dollars are being paid out every month.

Resources for getting more involved

• http://chat.blockstack.org
• https://community.blockstack.org
• https://forum.blockstack.org

Education Resources

• Docs: https://docs.blockstack.org/
• whitepaper: https://blockstack.org/whitepaper.pdf
• Blog: blog.blockstack.org

This meetup is co-hosted by Seattle University Web Developers Meetup
https://www.meetup.com/Seattle-University-Web-Developers-Meetup/events/257245294/